Dynamics of the equatorial ocean

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiv
 An Observational Overview of the Equatorial Ocean  (John P. Boyd)....Pages 1-13
 Basic Equations and Normal Modes  (John P. Boyd)....Pages 15-34
 Kelvin, Yanai, Rossby and Gravity Waves  (John P. Boyd)....Pages 35-67
 The “Long Wave” Approximation & Geostrophy  (John P. Boyd)....Pages 69-85
 The Equator as Wall: Coastally Trapped Waves and Ray-Tracing  (John P. Boyd)....Pages 87-103
 Reflections and Boundaries  (John P. Boyd)....Pages 105-139
 Response of the Equatorial Ocean to Periodic Forcing  (John P. Boyd)....Pages 141-160
 Impulsive Forcing and Spin-Up  (John P. Boyd)....Pages 161-190
 Yoshida Jet and Theories of the Undercurrent  (John P. Boyd)....Pages 191-222
 Stratified Models of Mean Currents  (John P. Boyd)....Pages 223-248
 Waves and Beams in the Continuously Stratified Ocean  (John P. Boyd)....Pages 249-272
 Stable Linearized Waves in a Shear Flow  (John P. Boyd)....Pages 273-283
 Inertial Instability, Pancakes and Deep Internal Jets  (John P. Boyd)....Pages 285-295
 Kelvin Wave Instability: Critical Latitudes and Exponentially Small Effects  (John P. Boyd)....Pages 297-309
 Nonmodal Instability  (John P. Boyd)....Pages 311-327
 Nonlinear Equatorial Waves  (John P. Boyd)....Pages 329-404
 Nonlinear Wavepackets and Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation  (John P. Boyd)....Pages 405-464
Back Matter ....Pages 465-517